Fastener



March 16,1926. 1,577,138

W. C. S. MAYS FASTENER Filed July 25, 1925 INVENTOR. Q MEI am 6/0/15 6 6: My.

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Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

UNITED stares WILLIAM CLARKE S.

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MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INCL, (2F PROVIDENCE, RI-ICDE' ISLAND, A CORPORA- TION OF RHODE ISLAND.

Application filed. July 25, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM CLARKE S. h'LiYs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Edgewood, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to bendable garment-fasteners of the class adapted more particularly to be used in laundries as a temporary fastener for soft cuffs, or the like, of freshly laundried' shirts and other articles of clothing; and this invention has for its object to form such a fastener of a thin strip of radially bendable metal having arms. concavo-convex in cross section to stiffen the same and an intermediate bridge portion not sostifi'ened and more responsive to bending than either of said concavoconvex arm portions.

A further object of the invention is to provide a fastener with arm portions arranged at an angle tothe connecting bridge portion so that the fastener will not lie flat on a table but will rather have one portion raised to permit it to be readily grasped and picked up by the fingers. I

A- further object of the invention is to dispose the arm portions at an angle to the bridge portion and to provide a partially bent connecting portion to assist in determining the point of bending between the arms and bridge portions.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists of certain'novel features of construction, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure l is a perspective View of a freshly-laundered soft-shirt cuff showing my fastener as applied to the same.

Figure 2 is a plan view of a fastener.

Figure 8 is a perspective view of the same showing the concavo-convex arms.

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the fastener.

Figure 5 is a central sectional elevationof the same. I

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Serial No. 46,010.

Figure 6 is ure 2. I

Figure 7 is a section through the concaveconvex arm, taken on line 77 of Figure 2.

Figure 8 is a perspective view showing the fastener bent to the position that it will assume after having been placed through a buttonhole in a soft-shirt cuff or the like.

It is found by laundries desirable to secure the cuffs and collar bands of soft shirts together by a bendable metal member which is stiffened for a portion of its length and also provide with portions of less stiffness to determine the points of bending of the metal when placed through the buttonholes of multiple layers of soft fabrics, such as cuffs or. the like, and it is also desirable that the fastener should be of thin material and of such construction as a section on line 66 of Figsurfaces of the fabric to which it is attached; and the following is a detailed description of one construction of fastener by which these advantageous results may be obtained.

With reference to the drawing, 10 designates a strip of metal of the desired length, which is preferably formed very thin and of ductile, soft and bendable material, the same being adapted to pass through the buttonholes 11 of a freshly laundered shirt cuff 12, for the purpose of holding thelayers of fabric in the desired finished position. It is also found of advantage to so form this fastener that it will have a middle or bridge portion 13 to space the arm portions 14 so that the same will lie substantially parallel and close to the opposite outer surfaces of layers of fabric, the ends of the arm portions it being bent against the outer surfaces of the fabric to bind the fastener permanently in position.

In order to determine the pointof bending between the arm and bridge portions, I have stiffened the arm portions 14 by making them concavo-convex in cross section, as shown in Figure 7 whereas the bridge portion is not so stiffened and lies substantially in; a single plane as shown in MAYS, OF EDGEWOOD, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO Ml YS Figure 6, and in order to assist in determining the point of bending between the arm and bridge portion, I have set the bridge portion 125 in a different plane from that of the arm portion ll to provide a partially bent portion 15, as clearly shown in Figures i and whereby when folding-pressure is applied to the ends of the arm portion, the strip naturally bendsalong the lines of the partially bent portion 15 ot' the unstil'lened connecting portion between the bridge and arms.

I also position the arm portions ll at an angle to the bridge portion 13 whereby the fastener in resting upon a table or other flat surface will always have one portion raised, as clearly shown in Figure so that the same may be readily picked up by the lingers, to be used. In use, one end oi? the fastener is placed through a bnttonhole in the i'abric and then by drawing the thumb and linger endways with a wiping or strip ping motion, the arms or ends of the strip are readily bent down and cziused to lie against the opposite laces ol the fabric.

It will be noticed that the above de:-;er iption is directed to a fastener which is'extremely simple in construction and yet praoti *al in its operation.

The foregoing description is directed solely towards the construction illustrated, but I desire it to be understood that I reserve the privilege of resorting to all the mechanical changes to which the deriee is susceptible, the invention being defined and limited only by the terms of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A cull fastener formed of a thin strip of bendable metal having a bridge portion lying in substantially a single plane, longitudinally extending arms arranged at an angle to said bridge portion, said bridge portion being bent or ol'l'set sharply from said arms and weakened at the bend rendering farther bending of the arms where they connect the bridge portion more responsive to bending pressure than either said arms or bridge portion.

A cult fastener formed of a thin strip ot bendable metal of substantially uniform width and having longitudinally disposed arm portions concavo-com-ex in cross section on substantially the same are of a circle through their length and spaced apart by an intermediate portion more responsive to bending than either oi said arm portions.

2?. AL call fastener formed of a thin strip ol' bendable metal having a bridge portion lying in substantially a, single plane, longitndii'ially extending arms concave-convex in cross section throughout their length arranged at an angle to said bridge portion, and a portion connecting said bridge portion and arms more responsive to bending than either said bridge portion or arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

IVILLIAM CLARKE S. MAYS. 

